I try my best to include my mom in basic household chores when she asks if she can help.  Folding laundry is a particularly good activity as it has some problem solving properties (how to fold) and it is very good for her manual dexterity.  The bonus is mom actually enjoys it!

So having performed that task the previous day, I maybe should not have been surprised to find a small folded item on her bedside table when I peeked in to check on mom this morning.  Upon closer examination I realized it was a Readers Digest Magazine very neatly wrapped in a pair of underwear.

When during the night she created this gift I will never know, as we have become accustom to middle of the night undertakings. They include bedside lamps on their side neatly placed on the floor, collecting and stacking all the books and magazines in the room onto the dresser, and one late night endeavor of lining up all the pillows end to end, stretching from one side of the room to the other.

As I opened this small package, she so carefully wrapped, I could not help but notice  an article headline on the bottom of the magazine that read Successful People Start Their Day with…..

I set this edition aside thinking I might read it later to see what tips it gives for starting your day with promise. I am confident however it does not include unwrapping a Readers Digest Magazine from your mothers underwear as an essential habit. But maybe it will give new meaning to the phrase “Good things come in small packages!”